Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting
of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
A/RES/69/107
Noting with satisfaction the cooperation and active participation of certain
administering Powers in the work of the Special Committee, and encouraging the
others also to do so,
Noting that the Pacific regional seminar was held in Nadi, Fiji, from 21 to
23 May 2014,
1.
Reaffirms its resolution 1514 (XV) and all other resolutions and
decisions on decolonization, including its resolution 65/119, by which it declared
the period 2011–2020 the Third International Decade for the Eradication of
Colonialism, and calls upon the administering Powers, in accordance with those
resolutions, to take all steps necessary to enable the peoples of the Non-SelfGoverning Territories concerned to exercise fully as soon as possible their right to
self-determination, including independence;
2.
Reaffirms once again that the existence of colonialism in any form or
manifestation, including economic exploitation, is incompatible with the Charter of
the United Nations, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;2
3.
Reaffirms its determination to continue to take all steps necessary to
bring about the complete and speedy eradication of colonialism and the faithful
observance by all States of the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights;
4.
Affirms once again its support for the aspirations of the peoples under
colonial rule to exercise their right to self-determination, including independence, in
accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization;
5.
Calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special
Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to develop and
finalize, as soon as possible, a constructive programme of work on a case-by-case
basis for the Non-Self-Governing Territories to facilitate the implementation of the
mandate of the Special Committee and the relevant resolutions on decolonization,
including resolutions on specific Territories;
6.
Recalls with satisfaction the professional, open and transparent conduct
of both the February 2006 and the October 2007 referendums to determine the
future status of Tokelau, monitored by the United Nations;
7.
Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for
the immediate and full implementation of the Declaration and to carry out the
actions approved by the General Assembly regarding the Second and Third
International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism in all Territories that have
not yet exercised their right to self-determination, including independence, and in
particular:
(a) To formulate specific proposals to bring about an end to colonialism and
to report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventieth session;
(b) To continue to examine the implementation by Member States of
resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions on decolonization;
(c) To continue to examine the political, economic and social situation in the
Non-Self-Governing Territories, and to recommend, as appropriate, to the General
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Resolution 217 A (III).